Pterochelus

Pterochelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Pterochelus
Jousseaume, 1880

Pterochelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pterochelus include:

References

  1. ^ Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406230 on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406219 on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Pterochelus akation (Vokes, 1993).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406231 on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Pterochelus ariomus (Clench & Farfante, 1945).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406232 on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406233 on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406234 on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Pterochelus undosus (Vokes, 1993).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406235 on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Pterochelus westralis (Ponder & Wilson, 1973).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406236 on 25 April 2010.